The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to General Edmund H. H. Allenby, Royal British Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in a position of great responsibility to the Government of the United States, during World War I. The American Army will every remember General Allenby’s valiant services as Commander of the 3d British Army in France from 19154 to 1917, and for his marvelous successes in Palestine, rendering services of distinction to the allied cause.